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Later.—Letter from Hart Dyke in the Times. A good fellow, Hart Dyke. But why, in the name of screw-nails, should they all presume to patronise me?
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Letter in Standard from Stanley Boulter. Must stop that kind of nonsense. Leading article in Standard. Usual futilities: "We fully recognise loyal services, but on the present occasion," &c. Shall refuse peerage and retire to Central Australia with Jesse to found a Me-colony. Sick of the whole show.
QUEER QUERY.—Any Advance?—I see that at the Shop Assistants' Conference at Cardiff it was said that what shop-workers ought to go in for was a "Forward Policy." Surely this must be a mistake? If there is one thing that everybody objects to, it is forward young men and women behind the counter. One often hears the shop-walker say, "Will you come forward, Miss Jones, and serve this lady!" And perhaps that was what the Cardiff people were thinking of. Can this be the true explanation? I sincerely hope so; I don't want a "forward" young person, a sort of "independent labour party," slamming down goods for me to inspect!—Alarmed.